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Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 3 Send Message	ian	Report	2 Oct 2008 17:04
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 3 Send Message	Hi is there any web sites that list national service records particualy the royal air force . Am trying to trace my wifes fathers time in national service thanks Ian
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 3,379 Send Message	George_of_Westbury	Report	2 Oct 2008 20:51
	Hi Ian These records are not available online,still held by the RAF records but only next of kin can apply for them, there is a cost involved at least £30 Here is the link which explains how to go about obtaining them http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/raf.html George
	Researching: My avatar is that of my Dad and shipmates, taken onboard HMS Blanche in 1938, place unknown From left to right, my Dad,Sidney Mellor and Sidney Bateman.
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 37 Send Message	Marjorie	Report	4 Dec 2008 22:49
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 37 Send Message	If its army records you are tracing. There is forcesreunited.com who I found helpful. They sent me a number and a website address by way of contact. Researching my grand dad WW2 etc. Think it covers more than just army as well. Getting older, without looking it up cannot give any further information. Memory is not what it used to be Marjorie